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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I DONT CARE

but i care enough to tell you to not post this crap

and that everyone who cares about what video game the fascist prince is playing also needs to touch grass

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  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago

    At this point I think it's just fun. So much of the conversation around Elon is deadly serious, doom and gloom, and this is just... lighthearted mocking about something that doesn't matter. It's a refreshing change.

    And it does seem to matter to him, so undermining that image he works hard to curate is an added bonus. And hell, if Path of Exile is what makes someone realize what a pathetic lying moron he can be, then that's fantastic as well, even if it's an odd thing to have that epiphany for.

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  • [+] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Maybe; but either way it means he gets to have more air-time and head-space.

    Being disliked for someone trivial, such as being bad at a computer game, doesn't really translate across to more important things. So that reputational damage is shallow and unimportant, but maintaining his position as being newsworthy is powerful and useful to Musk. So I agree with the other guy: better to not fuel these discussions about trivial junk. If you want to keep talking about Musk, then stick to stuff that matters.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.

    If it helps, one of the reasons the KKK lost power decades back was because Superman comics ridiculed them enough that people were embarrassed enough to be a part of them. Essentially, this is how you combat a culture war. Sad as it is...

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago

    I'm not suggesting that we ignore the problems. I'm suggesting that we don't let trivial things, such as playing a computer game poorly, distract us from the problems. This post is not an example of behaviour that needs to be confronted.

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  • [+] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    He deserves the attention? Why? That's exactly what he wants!

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  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Sure, if he could pick and choose what attention he gets, he'd pick positive attention every time. But if he had to pick between negative attention and being ignored by the media, I think he'd pick negative attention.

    At least that's my read. And selfishly, I'm really tired of seeing Musk and Trump all over my news feed.

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